Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Recommendations for a Gentoo supporting/capable VPS besides Linode?

[Mick]

On Monday 20 Jun 2016 01:38:51 wabe wrote:
> James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
> > wabe <wabenbau <at> gmail.com> writes:
> > > > The big names (DO, Vultr, etc) don't seem to support Gentoo as a
> > > > choice, so I'm wondering if anyone has any preferences of service
> > > > that they use.
> > >
> > > http://www.claranet.com
> >
> > A lot will depend if their locations meet your needs too, so you'll
> > have to verify that issue.
>
> That's right. It seems that Claranet don't have locations in the USA.
>
> AFAIK Claranet declared that the servers for german customers are
> located in Germany and that no data will be transfered to any other
> country. For some german customers this is a very important detail.

There is an EU directive on Data Retention (and a new EU Regulation being 
drafted), which prohibits transfer of personal data outside of the European 
Economic Area (EEA), unless specific measures are taken to ensure an adequate 
level of privacy (the adequacy requirement).  Every time a new revelation 
about spying on our communications and data takes place, this level of 
adequacy is consequently notched up.


> I don't know if this is also the case for their locations outside of
> Germany.
>
> --
> Regards
> wabe

This applies across the EU, not just Germany.  BTW, under the current Data 
Retention Directive the 'data controller' can decide if a 3rd party data 
provider is 'safe', but once the Regulation is enacted in 2017 onwards only 
the EU Commission can do so.  This is probably to avoid cases where privacy 
rights activists (e.g. Digital Rights Ireland) sued their governments for 
spying on their personal data, consequently rendering the Directive invalid - 
but I am not sure.

-- 
Regards,
Mick